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come what may успевать • He has really come up in the world - he now owns a yacht. come what may кровь из носу; во что бы то ни стало; любой ценой • I'll be home for the holidays, come what may. cook smb's goose вырыть к-л яму (испортить, на¬ вредить) • By trying to nick my girlfriend he cooked his goose. After that I just had to sack him. cook the books вести липовые счета/двойную бухгалтерию • Jane was sent to jail for cooking the books of her mother's store. cost a bomb стоить кучу денег/целое состо¬ яние; обойтись в копеечку • The wedding of my daughter cost me a bomb. cost a pretty penny влететь в копеечку; обойтись в кругленькую сумму; стоить целое состояние • I'll bet that diamond cost a pretty penny. cost an arm and a leg влететь в копеечку; обойтись в кругленькую сумму; стоить целое состояние •It cost us an arm and a leg to get here. But it has been worth every penny and more. • A week's stay in that five-star hotel cost us an arm and a leg. could have kicked oneself кусать (себе) локти • I could have kicked myself. The mere thought 52 made me prickly with shame head to foot. from
could not care less/could care less наплевать; начхать; абсолютно все равно • Pick whatever des¬ sert you want; I couldn't care less. • I could care less about the edi¬ tor's opinion. count one's blessings благодарить Бога/судьбу (за удачу, везение) • Every time I hear of someone who is paralyzed, I feel we should all count our blessings. cover one's tracks прятать концы в воду; заметать следы • Robert covered his tracks by throwing the knife in the river and burying his wife's body. crack a bottle раздавить бутылочку • After dinner we cracked a bottle of port and smoked cigars. crack a joke отпустить шутку; сострить • The comedian in the concert kept cracking jokes. crackdown (n) закручивание гаек • After a se¬ ries of terrorist bombings in the capital the prime minister ordered a nationwide security crackdown. crash (v) зависнуть; рухнуть (о компью¬ тере) • The computer system crashed amid widespread accusations of fraud.